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Firsthand Accounts of Illegal Immigration Surge: Observations From Front Lines
The Daily Signal recently traveled to Cochise County, Arizona—which shares 83 miles of border with Mexico—to see firsthand how the illegal immigration crisis is affecting those who work and live on the U.S. side of the southern border. Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Council, told The Daily Signal… -
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How Biden’s Open-Border Policies Are Worsening Scourge of Human Trafficking
One of my top priorities as state attorney general of Missouri has been to combat human trafficking. We have organized a number of operations to fight human trafficking with an unprecedented level of coordination among local, state, and federal law enforcement that have rescued victims and led to the arrest of traffickers. Further, through our… -
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Ocasio-Cortez Berated, Falsely Accused Border Patrol Agent, Memos Say
An “agitated and animated” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., began “pointing and screaming” at a female agent during a 2019 visit to a Border Patrol station in El Paso, Texas, according to government documents. “I as a woman of color do not feel safe here,” Ocasio-Cortez told the female agent, according to an official memorandum that… -
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I Spoke With Residents at the Border. American Citizens Are Paying Criminal Costs Because of Biden’s Policies.
The flood of illegal immigrants from across the southern border is only one of many threats to America’s national security that have increased recently, thanks to the Biden administration’s contempt for the rule of law. The administration’s actions at the border have left federal and local law enforcement, large-scale ranchers and small businesses, and families… -
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Despite Migrant Surge, ICE Deportations Fall to Record Low Under Biden Administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials performed a record low number of deportations in April despite illegal border crossings occurring at a 20-year high, according to the agency. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deported 2,962 immigrants in April, a 20% decline from March, an agency spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday. The April numbers… -
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Former Acting Homeland Security Chief Weighs in on Biden Border Crisis
Personnel with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and with Customs and Border Protection are being directed by the Biden administration to stop using the terms “illegal alien” and “assimilation.” Chad Wolf, a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation and former acting secretary of homeland security in President Donald Trump’s administration, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to… -
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How TSA Explains Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Fly With You
The Transportation Security Administration has an “established process” for identifying illegal immigrants who board domestic flights to a new home in America, a spokeswoman told The Daily Signal, although the Biden administration formally refers to this population as “undocumented.” The TSA was responding to a Daily Signal report Friday about such commercial flights carrying illegal… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Immigrants Fly American, Courtesy of Biden Border Policy
About 14 separate families or groups of illegal immigrants boarded a flight Thursday at McAllen International Airport in Texas, the man in charge of border security during the Trump administration told The Daily Signal. Mark Morgan, former commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said he watched from a nearby seat as the illegal immigrants… -
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Far From Southern Border, Illegal Immigration Hurts Idaho, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, isn’t from a southern border state, but he says illegal immigration still adversely affects the Gem State. “I mean, drug and sex trafficking impacts everyone,” Fulcher says. “And we’re feeling the effects of that,” he adds. “Our citizens, our taxpayers as well. We have to pay for services through federal taxes… -
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Biden’s Border Security Pick Backs Amnesty, Opposes Wall
President Joe Biden’s pick to run border security has tweeted or spoken regularly against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and opposed a border wall. Chris Magnus, the police chief of Tucson, Arizona, is Biden’s nominee for commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Magnus also has cited… -
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Over 172,000 Migrants Encountered at Southern Border in March
More than 172,000 migrants were encountered at the southern border in March, according to Customs and Border Protection. Officials apprehended nearly 19,000 unaccompanied migrant minors, around 53,600 family units, and over 99,000 single adults, according to Customs and Border Protection. Encounters were up 71% in March from February. “CBP has experienced an increase in encounters and arrests. This is… -
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Leaked Numbers on Illegal Immigration Called ‘Undeniable’ Proof That Biden Policies Sparked Border Crisis
President Joe Biden’s policies undeniably contributed to border agents arresting a record number of migrants in March, Heritage Foundation immigration experts said Friday. Customs and Border Protection reportedly encountered over 171,000 illegal migrants in March 2021, a 400% increase compared to March of 2020, according to preliminary figures reported by The Washington Post. Heritage Foundation researchers Lora… -
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Human Trafficking Is World’s Fastest-Growing Crime, Activist Says
Human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime in the world, but too few people are talking about it, says Sophia Fisher, executive director at Stop the Demand Project and a fierce foe of human trafficking. Fisher joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her fight against human trafficking, how America is dealing with this horrible crime within… -
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What You Need to Know About Biden Administration’s Illegal Immigration Claims
The Department of Homeland Security said two weeks ago that illegal border crossings are on pace to reach their highest level in two decades. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s administration is claiming that border crises happen every year and that former President Donald Trump’s policies didn’t reduce illegal crossings. Lora Ries, senior research fellow for homeland security… -
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Arizona Sheriff 60 Miles From Border Sees Spike in Arrests of Illegal Immigrants
A sheriff whose Arizona county is 60 miles from the southern border says his county is experience a direct impact from the flood of illegal immigrants streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. “We just this morning had a procedure where we chased a car,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb told The Daily Signal in an… -
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Illegal Immigration Linked With Organized Crime, Border Expert Says
A direct link exists between criminal organizations and illegal immigration, former federal prosecutor Josh Jones says. Jones, now senior fellow in border security at Texas Public Policy Foundation, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss his recent report, “Joined at the Hip: Organized Crime and Illegal Immigration.” Jones explains how gangs and other criminal groups… -
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We Hear You: Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants and Other Hot Buttons
Editor's note: We have a feeling we're going to get more mail on the recent surge of migrants to the southern border than on most other topics. So let's dip into the mailbag at [email protected], sampling this and other concerns.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I appreciated Fred Lucas’ article on “6 Key Aspects of Biden's… -
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‘We Warned Them’: Trump Immigration Official Talks Border Crisis
The Department of Homeland Security said last week that illegal border crossings are on pace to reach their highest level in two decades. On top of that, both Fox and NBC reported that illegal aliens are being released into the U.S. without court dates for asylum request hearings, but on Monday, White House press secretary… -
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House Passes 2 Immigration Bills as Border Crisis Intensifies
The House passed two separate immigration bills Thursday evening, marking the first time the 117th Congress has voted on the issue under President Joe Biden. The pair of bills are the first immigration proposals to be voted on since a surge of migrants reached the southern border, resulting in heightened scrutiny of the Biden administration… -
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Biden’s Disastrous Border Policy Shows Zero Planning
Can you spell “hypocrite”? I’m starting to think that it begins with the letter “B” and rhymes with “widen.” Democrats were scathing critics of the Trump administration’s border policies. They were quick to lambaste former President Donald Trump for “caging children” in squalid conditions and tearing babies from their mothers’ arms. Democrats held up these…